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With the Act to amend the Charter of the French language, S.Q. 1993, c. 40 (also known as Bill 86), the National Assembly (under a Quebec Liberal government) amended the Charter of the French Language to make it comply with the Supreme Court rulings. The amending law introduced the "Canada Clause" which replaced the "Quebec Clause".
The Act to amend the Charter of the French Language (known as "Bill 104") [Note 1] is a Quebec amending act [Note 2] introduced by the Landry government in 2002, which made adjustments to several provisions of Quebec's language policy.
The Charter of the French Language (French: Charte de la langue française, pronounced [ʃaʁt də la lɑ̃ɡ fʁɑ̃sɛz]), also known as Bill 101 (French: Loi 101, pronounced [lwa sɑ̃ œ̃]), is a law in the Canadian province of Quebec defining French, the language of the majority of the population, as the official language of the provincial government.
Section 2 of the bill allowed all residents of Quebec an English-language education for anyone desiring it for their children. That right was known as "freedom of choice." [4] [5] The law also promoted the French language: The Ministry of Education was to ensure that students graduating from English schools in Quebec had a working knowledge of ...
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Blaikie (No. 1): The Supreme Court of Canada rules that the parts of Quebec's Charter of the French Language stating that provincial laws will be enacted in French only, violates section 133 of the Constitution Act, 1867. The Court finds that section 133, which requires that all Acts be printed and published in both French and English, means in ...
The three recommendations of chapter 2 are that key dispositions of the Charter of the French language be constitutionalized. [3] Chapter 3's forty-eight recommendations pertain to the improvement of the teaching of French at all levels in the French-language school network, the English-language school network.
Ford v Quebec (AG), [1988] 2 SCR 712 is a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision in which the Court struck down part of the Charter of the French Language, commonly known as "Bill 101". [2]